Enkomi Digitisation Project

A1650b

Object type
Pithoid jar
Tomb No (findspot)
A1650b
A1650b A1650b A1650b
Ware
Mycenaean style
Chronology
1375-1300 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 37.4cm
Diameter: 9.3cm (rim)
Bibliography
Ǻström 1972, 294
CVA 1, 23, pl. 19.4
Preservation
Intact
Fabric Description
Hard buff fabric with sparse large inclusions, lustrous slip.

Description
Flat out-turning rim, short cylindrical neck, ovoid body, low foot and three vertical handles on the shoulder.

Decoration
Decorated with band of paint on the interior of rim, groups of vertical short strokes on the rim, horizontal parallel bands on the neck, a series of parallel zig zag lines  on the shoulder, parallel thick bands below  and a series of thin bands on the lower part. Solid paint on the foot and base of handles encircled in fading dark brown paint.

Comments
Incised Cypro-Minoan signs on the handles.